Bait



E. L. DILLON' I Oct. 8, 1935.

BAIT. Fiied July 15, 1934 Bf wymf@ Patented ct. 8, 1935 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE BAIT Enos L. Dillon, Butternut, Wis.

Application July 13, 1934, Serial No. 735,068

1 Claim.

sion of an inflatable body to cover and conceal the hooks and which willreadily puncture and collapse by a i'lshs mouth engaging therewith sothat the hooks may catch into the sh.

15 With these and other objects in view this in.

vention consists in certain novel features of construction, combinationand arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

20 For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be hadto the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1is a vertical sectional view illustrating a bait constructed inaccordance with my f Figure 2 is a side elevation illustrating the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

30 Figure 4 is a side elevation illustrating a modified form oi.' myinvention.v

Referring in detail to the drawing, the nu meral I indicates a body ofany desired shape or conguration to imitate live bait and is con- 35structed of very thinrubber or similar material which may be inflatedand will readily puncture land collapse when engaged by a ilshs mouth.

- Secured in one end of the body is a spool 2 providing a mounting for arod 3 which extends 40 substantially the full length of the body andalso exteriorly of said body and carries a swivel 4 to which a fish linemay be connected. The spool 2 supports the rod centrally of the body andsaid rod has secured thereto a series of fish -hooks 5 which are spacedfromthe walls of the body when the latter is inflated, the body beingprovided with. a suitable means 6 whereby the body 5 may be inated witha desired air pressure. The body may be secured to the spool 2 byWrappings l or any other means suitable for the purpose and theinfiating meansi is shown as an opening in the body which closed by asuitable wrapping 10 to prevent the escape of air. Ii desired, the in-'ating means may be in the formof a suitable valve. The body wheninflated may be drawn through the water or cast and will be absolutelyweedless due to the fact that the hooks are com-"l5 pletely covered andwhen the body is grabbed by a fish the walls of the body will becompressed against the hooks penetrating said walls and permitting thebody to collapse bringing the hooks in contact with the mouth of thefish. The body, as shown in Figure 2, is in the shape of a small fish.However, the body may be of other desiredshapes, as for instance, asshown in Figure 4 the body represents the shape of a bugs body and hasextending therefrom a series of flexible elements 8 which may representor imitate the wings or legs of the bug. As shown in Figure 4, a exibleleader S may be connected to the spool and carry at its free end aswivel It for connection to the fishing line. i

